Psychotherapy for lives that look fine from the outside
For adults who carry a lot and rarely say it: demanding work, a life between countries, a sense that something has stopped making sense. Sessions by video call, wherever you are, in your own time zone.
Psychology, without psychologizing.
Twenty minutes by video: free, confidential and without commitment. Or write to me privately.
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Is therapy for you?
Psychology, but don’t psychologize.
To psychologize is to take any experience and hand back a stamp: you are anxious, you need to love yourself more, that is childhood trauma. The internet is full of this, and almost none of it helps when life actually gets hard.
The work I do goes another way. We start from what you live, the way you live it, and look at it closely and without hurry. Before any theory comes your experience, and your story is not reduced to a diagnosis.
You may recognise yourself here
- Burnout at work. Work has taken over everything, resting no longer rests, and the person you were outside office hours has been left behind. Read more
- Anxiety. Your mind lives in the next problem, your body will not switch off, and even good things arrive with a hum of alarm. Read more
- Meaning in life. Everything is more or less in place, but something has stopped making sense, and there is no room to say so. Read more
- Couples. Every conversation turns into the same fight, or silence has taken its place. Read more
- Living between countries. Functioning all day in a second language, competent at work and a beginner at ordinary life. Therapy for expats
The thinkers behind this way of working
Maurice Merleau-PontyPhenomenology of Perception, 1945“The world is not what I think, but what I live through.”
Viktor E. FranklMan’s Search for Meaning, 1946“The last of the human freedoms: to choose one’s attitude.”
Rollo MayThe Meaning of Anxiety, 1950“The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it is conformity.”- Irvin D. YalomExistential Psychotherapy, 1980“It is the relationship that heals.”
- Emmy van DeurzenExistential Counselling & Psychotherapy in Practice, 1988
Photo of Maurice Merleau-Ponty via philosophical-investigations.org, adapted (cropped), CC BY 3.0. Photo of Viktor E. Frankl by Prof. Dr. Franz Vesely, adapted (cropped, black and white), CC BY-SA 3.0 DE. Photo of Rollo May: public domain. Both via Wikimedia Commons.
A discreet therapeutic experience
My practice is designed for professionals, founders, creatives and people in demanding or public-facing roles who want a thoughtful, private space to think about their own lives. It is for those who value depth over quick answers, and want to take that work seriously.
Therapy here is not about receiving advice or following a programme. It is a reflective conversation, built together, in which you come to understand yourself and what you are living through in your own terms and at your own pace.
Private sessions, wherever you are
By video call from home, the office or a hotel room, in English, Portuguese, French or Spanish, at a time already converted to your time zone.
Depth before technique
A phenomenological-existential approach that looks beyond the symptom to the life around it. No formulas, no homework, no ready-made labels.
Shaped around demanding lives
For people carrying pressure, responsibility, travel and life between countries, with a rhythm that adapts to all of it.
Confidential and personal
You pay privately: no insurer, employer or doctor is involved. Everything you say is protected by professional confidentiality, in a calm space without judgement.
Complete discretion
Discretion is not a feature of this practice. It is the condition for it.
- What you say stays between us. It is protected by strict professional confidentiality.
- No one else is involved. You pay privately. No insurer, employer, doctor or family member is informed, and I never contact anyone about you without your written consent.
- Your name is never used. I do not share who I work with, and no client ever appears in testimonials, case studies or marketing.
- Contact on your terms. Your messages are read only by me, and I reply only through the channel you choose.
The only exceptions are those set by law and professional ethics, such as a serious risk to someone’s life. I explain them openly in our first conversation.
I see a limited number of people each week
So that each person has my full attention, I keep my practice small, and I answer every request myself. If I do not have a time that suits your time zone, I will tell you honestly.
Gently, and at your pace
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An introductory conversation
Twenty minutes by video: free, confidential and without obligation. You tell me a little about what brings you, I tell you how I work, and we see whether it feels right.
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A first session
Forty-five minutes. The fee is 54 euros per session, paid by card when you book. Couples sessions are fifty minutes, at 80 US dollars.
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A rhythm of your own
Usually weekly, at a time that fits your routine and your time zone.
Above all, I believe good therapy rests on a relationship of trust and respect, built together. The introductory conversation is where that begins.
The full process, including confidentiality and the video platform, is on How it works.
Some things I have written
Taking the first step
Reaching out is not a sign that something is wrong with you. It is a sign that you take your own life seriously enough to look at it closely.
If you would like to know more, or to arrange a time, request an introductory conversation or write to me. Every message is read by me alone and answered personally.
Free and confidential. Prefer to write first? WhatsApp or email.